Shuttle excursion

Best of Skjolden

A loop of about 14 kilometres round Skjolden. Get off where you like and catch a later coach back.

Bolstad, Åsafossen & the village · 1 hour

Duration: 1 hour
Guests: Hop on, hop off
Level: Low
Season: May–October
Tour code: SKJ-BOL
Guest price: NOK 300the same on board and on the quay

A loop of about 14 kilometres that shows you the whole of Skjolden in an hour: the marina, the village centre with its shop, hotel and Fjordstova, the llama farm, a viewpoint above the village, the path to Sengjaberget and the Åsafossen waterfall.

Get off wherever you like and catch a later coach back to the ship. One price, the same on board as on the quay.

The whole village in an hour
Hop off anywhere, hop on later
Åsafossen on the way home

The day, hour by hour

Gangway to gangway

00:00 Depart the cruise pier
00:04 Skjolden Marina, 400 m — the RIB base and the Viking bikes
00:09 The service building, 900 m — souvenir hall, restaurant, pub and tourist information
00:15 The village centre, 1.2 km — grocery shop, Skjolden Hotel and Fjordstova
00:22 The llama farm in the Mørkrid valley
00:30 The viewpoint above the village, with the ship and the head of the fjord below
00:38 The Sengjaberget trailhead, for guests who want to walk the last of it themselves
00:46 Åsafossen waterfall
00:53 Back along the fjord towards the pier
01:00 Arrive back at the cruise pier

00:00 is the moment the group leaves the pier — not a clock time.

Aerial view along the shore road at Skjolden, a row of white houses standing in the green water and the village fields beneath a steep mountain

The shore path at Skjolden early in the morning, the fjord flat calm and a sunlit mountain rising above the village on the far side

The farmed valley floor at Skjolden from above — orchards, fields and a winding river — with the fjord and cloud-topped mountains beyond